After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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